Abstract
This study examines the relationship between transparency, competency and religiosity with the ethical behaviour of the public officers in Malaysia. This study utilises the questionnaire survey as the research instrument distributed to the public officers from eleven enforcement agencies in Malaysia. Using multiple regression analysis on 71 respondents, this study shows that both transparency and competency have significant relationship with the ethical behaviour of the public officers in the enforcement agencies, and the relationship is significant. Personal actions and interpersonal relationships, two-way communication, reinforcement, and decision-making are among the factors contributing to the significant relationship. However, religiosity does not have a significant relationship on the public sector officers’ ethical behaviour. The findings from this study provide some implications towards the enforcement agencies in improving their ethical behaviour in performing their tasks. This is because transparency and competency play an important role in improving ethical behaviour in the work place.
Highlights
Since 1980, the Malaysian government has taken various ongoing efforts to instil positive values and work ethics among their officers
This study aims to examine the influence of task transparency, task and decision competency and religiosity of the public officers on their ethical behaviour
The results show that transparency contributes 60% toward ethical behaviour of the public sector officers in Malaysia
Summary
Since 1980, the Malaysian government has taken various ongoing efforts to instil positive values and work ethics among their officers. The government has used efforts such as Leadership by Example (1983); Name Tag (1985); Application of Islamic Values (1985); Clean, Efficient and Trust (1989) and Excellent Work Culture (1989). In 2009, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato‟ Sri Mohd Najib Abdul Razak introduced the concept of „Work Culture, Performance ‟ which is part of the Gagasan 1Malaysia Project This concept is an improvement to the second pillar in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (RMK-9) which aims to enhance knowledge and innovation in order to develop a world class mind among the public officers. The upper category has a slightly lower integrity status in 2014 with 8 cases; 3 cases in 2015 and no case in 2016 This raises a concern on the factors influencing the public officers‟ ethical behaviour
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